Phill Thompson
 
BIOGRAPHY
An award-winning pastel painter, Phill Thompson is a self-described “illusionist.”  He doesn’t do photo realism.  He does aura.* His approach is KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid).  Addressing a simple composition with a limited palette, he paints spots of color, leaving it to the viewer to mentally complete the image and, in so doing, experience the essence of the thing
    Phill is a signature member of the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod and a member of the Cape Cod Plein-Air Painters.  He has studied with a number of South Shore artists, including Roz Farbush and Mary Lizotte; with the Cape Cod pastel-painter Rosalie Nadeau; and, most importantly, with his wife, the artist Merylle-Lee Thompson.
    In the Mid-Cape area Phill is represented by The Art House Gallery, Brewster, MA.
 
* Aura n. a subtly pervasive quality or atmosphere seen as emanating from a person, place, or thing.
RESUME
Phill's recent awards include:
•    First in Pastel CCAA Fall 2007 Members
•    First in Pastel CCAA Spring 2007 Open Juried
•    First in Mixed Meds- Cape Cod Art (CCAA), Members
•    Honorable Mention in pastel- Cape Cod Art  Assn.(CCAA), National 2007
•    First in Paste[-CCAA, All Cape, 2007
•    First in Pastel- CCAA Fall Open 2006                                        
•    First in Pastel- CCAA Members, 2006
•    Best in Show- CCAA Members, 2005
•    First in Pastel- CCAA Fall open 2004
•    First in Pastel- Chatham Creative Arts enter (CAC) Leo Diehl, 2004
•    2nd Runner Up- Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, “For Pastel Only,” 2004
•    Best in Show- CAC Leo Diehl, 2003
•    First in Pastel- CCAA All New England, 2002
•    People’s Choice Award- Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod exhibit, 2002
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Paintings by Phill Thompson

  • Blue Evergreens

    "Blue Evergreens" 9x12, pastel

  • Asa's Rock AM

    "Asa's Rock AM" 9x12, pastel

  • Cat at Sundown

    "Cat at Sundown" 9x12, pastel

  • Red & Yellow

    "Red & Yellow" 8x10, pastel

  • Bridge Road Dusk

    "Bridge Road Dusk" 9x12, pastel

  • Prenniman PM

    "Prenniman PM" 12x9, pastel

  • Round Cove Fog

    "Round Cove Fog" 12x9, pastel

  • The Reader

    "The Reader" 9x12, pastel

  • Tonset Red

    "Tonset Red" 8x12, pastel

  • Yellow Pram

    "Yellow Pram" 12x9, pastel

RESUME BIOGRAPHY